How Does China View the Muslim World?
When China’s rulers feel that control is slipping through their fingers, they focus on two nemeses that seem to generate the deepest troubles: the United States and the Islamic world.
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Turkish NGOs Facing the Refugee Crisis
Providing access to education ought to be the main target for international organizations, and that can only be achieved by…
How the Global and Turkish Economy will appear in 2017
After a tough year in 2016 everyone wants to be optimistic about this year. Although there are still some uncertainties,…
Diyarbakır: How far from Normalization?
Actually at this point, Kurdish youth need to have a new dialogue without any type of violence or hatred. What…
The Collapse of the HDP’s Politics
Perhaps many of the Kurds have not yet spoken aloud, but the clear majority has deeply buried the PKK in…
Questions Remain Unanswered as the PKK Enjoys Full Freedom in Europe
Europeans need to come to their senses and think again. Just because the PKK or the DHKP-C are secularists, does…
Will Trump Deliver on His Protectionist Economic Pledges?
To be sure, Trump is not the first U.S. presidential candidate who fed his campaign with a nationalist trade agenda.…
Distant Suffering: Images of the Syrian War
In the last few years, some shocking pictures coming from conflict zones have turned audiences into passive, distant sufferers.
Leitkultur 2.0: How the CDU Tries to Recapture Lost Votes
Even though German society becomes ethnically, religiously and culturally more diverse, the political trend goes back to the idea of…
Cypriots Weary of Fragile Peace Talks
As the gas fueling these peace talks begins to run low, Eide’s inspiring grin is gradually turning into a frown.…
How Women are De-Humanized
In Marilyn Monroe’s Fragments, a compilation of her intimate notes, poems and some letters, there’s a letter of Monroe to…
Between Power and Opposition: Humor Publication in Turkey
Without doubt, most humorists in Turkey are not elite but elitist and they are away from the real problems of…
Who Killed Karlov?
Who killed Karlov, the Russian Federation’s ambassador to Ankara? According to the initial findings, there are many signs, ranging from…
With Brexit and the Trump Election, Turkey Has a Chance to Draw More International Students
Recent political developments in the UK and the US point to an increased potential for push factors concerning the flow…
Renewable Energy is Key for Turkey’s 2023 Agenda
Turkey seeks to encourage the production and consumption of renewable energy sources in order to decrease dependency and risk from…
The Future of Fossil Fuels and Turkey’s Policy for Reducing Dependence
As an emerging economy, Turkey also has faced an increase in energy consumption in the last few decades, especially due…
The Karlov Assassination: Questions and Answers
What was the purpose of the assassination? What can be said about the perpetrator? What might the consequences be? How…
Why LNG is Significant for Turkey’s Energy Market
In order to become a central country in energy trade, it is first necessary for Turkey to reduce natural gas…
Islamophobes in Search of a New Orientalism: Samuel Schirmbeck’s “Islamic Crusade”
Secular, enlightened and protestantized Muslims, or activists like Tunisian Amina Tyler – who exposed her body in 2013 with the…
